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tag end

n.
The very end: the tag end of a fishing line.
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tag end

n
1. the last part of something: the tag end of the day.
2. (Textiles) a loose end of cloth, thread, etc
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tag′ end′



n.
1. the last or final part.
2. a random scrap.
[1810–20]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.tag end - a small piece of cloth or papertag end - a small piece of cloth or paper  
piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric
pine-tar rag - baseball equipment consisting of a rag soaked with pine tar; used on the handle of a baseball bat to give a batter a firm grip
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tag end

noun
The hindmost part of something:
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Mark the straps with the Sharpie by writing the dates that both were hung with a piece of duct tape wrapped around the tag end of the strap.
Use a spider hitch, Bimini twist, or simply fold the line in two (treating as one strand while tying) and trim the hanging tag end after tying.
A drop-shot rig can be as simple as tying a #8 to #16 hook directly to the mainline with a Palomar knot, leaving a 6- to 12-inch or longer tag end, onto which you pinch a single lead shot.
Rather, humans are put in their natural context, as the "tag end" of a stream that has included numerous species better suited for long-term survival.
I take the serving tag end and make it at least as long as the run I'm about to serve.
BAKER & WIFE IS ANOTHER SARASOTA RESTAURANT that opened without much fanfare at the tag end of the tourist season.
Definition 1 (Code distance).The code distance between arbitrary two HTML tags refers to the length of all contents between HTML tag end mark of the former HTML tag, ">", and the HTML tag starting mark of the latter, "<".
As, we also have very limited resources at the tag end, so to make RFID system practically feasible we have to reduce the cost of the tag and then within these limited resources we also have to address these security issues.
Re-insert tag end through looped trace from opposite direction to original feed.
It came to me upon hearing the tag end of a David Suzuki item on the CBC.
The very tag end of the Mississippi River splits Plaquemines right down the middle, into Left and Right Banks.